Author: tinstar05

Seems like a very long time since I’ve been able to make some cards for challenges that I’m not on a Design Team for or been busy playing netball uber driver for my daughter – LOL!

Today I’ve made 3 cards for 3 challenges. First up is a card for Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #205 – V is for Vibrant.

I created an ink smooshed background with 3 of my Hero Arts Neon ink pads (neon pink, neon red and neon organge). I then stamped an image from Bee Arty ‘Limited Edition’ and a sentiment from MFT ‘Anything but Basic Encouragement’.

My second card is for Addicted to CAS #215- Feline.

I have quite a lot of cat stamps, so had a bit of a hard time making up my mind as to which one to use for this challenge. I eventually went with Stampers Anonymous ‘Mister Meow Meow’. I coloured him with my Stampin Blends and added a bit of crystal lacquer to his monocle.

My last card is for the Sisterhood of Crafters – Old Rejected Stamps.

Again this was another hard choice as I have quite a few old stamps that I haven’t used for quite sometime but cannot bring myself to get rid of them. For this card I used two old Stampin Up stamps ‘Medallion’ and ‘en Francais’. I white heat embossed the medallion stamp and then sponged it with Pool Party and Lemon Lime Twist ink. Then I added some Island Indigo ink randomly on the text stamp and added it to the coloured panel.

Well, that’s it for today. Thanks for stopping by for a look. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Hello there, it’s time for another Fusion Challenge and do we have a great sketch and inspirational photo for you!

I love the look of those roses in the inspiration photo and knew I had to replicate them. I used the main flower from the Simon Says Stamp ‘Beautiful Flowers’ stamp set, clear embossed and coloured with my Zigs. I added a bit of black and white striped DSP behind the fussy cut and popped up flower to mimic the sketch.

Come join in the fun and make a card based on the sketch, inspiration photo or fuse them together and play with both! Check out the projects that the other artists at Fusion have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 16th March at 7pm Melbourne Time or Tuesday 15th March 12pm US Pacific Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hello there, it’s time for another Just Add Ink Challenge and do we have a great challenge for you!

I sponged a background with the 3 colours over a Stampin Up mask from the Butterflies and Flowers mask set. I then fussy cut and popped up a flower from the Stampin Up DSP ‘True Love’. The sentiment is from Uniquely Creative.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at Just Add Ink have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 9th March at 10pm (AEDT) Australian Eastern Daylight Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hello there, it’s time for another Fusion Challenge and do we have a great sketch and inspirational photo for you!

I was inspired by the colours for my card. I used Distress Ink sin Crushed Olive, Aged Mahogany, Dried Mariold, Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers and Old Paper to colour my Stampin Up ‘Blessings of Home’ large flower.

Come join in the fun and make a card based on the sketch, inspiration photo or fuse them together and play with both! Check out the projects that the other artists at Fusion have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 3rd March at 7pm Melbourne Time or Tuesday 2nd March 12pm US Pacific Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hello there, it’s time for another Just Add Ink Challenge and do we have a great sketch challenge for you!

I took a bit of liberty with the sketch and use elements from a Stampin Up bundle ‘Soaring Swallows’. I added the sentiment, leaves and swallow onto of a dry embossed large dot background.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at Just Add Ink have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 23rd February at 10pm (AEDT) Australian Eastern Daylight Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hello there, it’s a sad day today, but this will be the last ever Watercooler Wednesday Challenge. The last 2 years have been tough ones for all on the Design Team; especially our illustrious leaders, Heidi and Marsha. WWC has been running since 1st June 2014 and we’ve had so many wonderful entries for our 334 challenges andI wanted to thank and wish all you wonderful crafters for your support and participation over the past 8 years.

For our last challenge, Heidi is our host with an Anything Goes Challenge.

For this final challenge, I made an extra special birthday card following a tutorial by Sam Calcott called Tiered Floating Gaterfold card. I used stamps from Rachelle Anne Miller ‘Sweet Things’, Avery Elle ‘ Balloons’ and Simon Says Stamp ‘Celebrate You’.

Help us celebrate the end and make a card for an occasion of your choosing. Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday, 28th February at 9:00 Melbourne Time or Monday 27th February 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and I look forward to seeing you all around the crafty blogs.